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    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book presents scholarly reflections on women's entrepreneurial propensity and on women's entrepreneurship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Contributing to a country's innovativeness and competitiveness, women entrepreneurs also promote healthy social and economic growth and act as mentors and role models for younger women. However, the low involvement of ... Leer más

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  • The Entrepreneurial University

    Context and Institutional Change

    Edición de Lene Foss, David Gibson ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology
    Global recessions and structural economic shifts are motivating government and business leaders worldwide to increasingly look to "their" universities to stimulate regional development and to contribute to national competiveness. The challenge is clear and the question is pressing: How will universities respond?This book presents in-depth case narratives of ten universities from Norway, Finland, ... Leer más

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    Series series Business and Management (R0)
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    de D. Woods ...
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